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... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Terpenes > Triterpenes > Pentacyclic Triterpenes > Escin
Carbohydrates > Glycosides > Saponins > Escin

Preferred term

Escin  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Aescin
  • Escina
  • Eskuzan

Scope note

  • Pentacyclic triterpene saponins, biosynthesized from protoaescigenin and barringtogenol, occurring in the seeds of AESCULUS. It inhibits edema formation and decreases vascular fragility.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under SAPONINS 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004928

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